Body found on the beach near Snug Harbor

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police officers are investigating the scene where a body was found near the beach area off of Snug Harbor Road and Richmond Terrace in Livingston. The deceased appears to be a Causian male. According to police radio transmitters heard around 1:30 p.m., the death was not due to natural causes.

A middle-age man, who would not reveal his name, found the body and called emergency services. "All I know is it's a dead body by the beach," he told the Advance before driving off in his car.